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From the Journal The Refugee in Fiction: A Conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Becca Kantor November 18, 2019
Essay On Waiting Earlier this week, Leah Kaminsky considered the power of inanimate objects and speaking to ghosts in contemporary literature—as in her own novel, The Waiting… Leah Kaminsky November 11, 2016
Essay What Does It Really Take to Write a Dissertation? Earlier this week, Beth Kissileff mused on the final Biblical commandment — to write. With the release of her novel Questioning Return, Beth is guest blogging for the… Beth Kissileff October 26, 2016
Essay It’s No Accident the Final Commandment Is to Write Beth Kissileff is the author of Reading Genesis and a new novel, Questioning Return. She is guest blogging for the Jewish Book Council all week as part of the… Beth Kissileff October 23, 2016
Essay Uh, Five Reasons My Book Was a Year Late Earlier this week, Marjorie Ingall wrote about stepping out of ghostwriting to write her first book since 1998. With the publication of that book, Mamaleh Knows Best:… Marjorie Ingall August 31, 2016
Essay A Ghostwriter, on Being Visible Marjorie Ingall is a columnist, ghostwriter, and author of Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent… Marjorie Ingall August 29, 2016
Essay 30 Steamy Stories and Corned Beef on Rye Cindy Silvert is the author of The Hungry Love Cookbook: 30 Steamy Stories, 120 Mouthwatering Recipes. She is guest blogging here all week as part of the Visiting… Cindy Silvert June 27, 2016
Essay The Jigsaw Puzzle of Writing without an Outline Earlier this week, Jeff Gottesfeld shared how a news story about a dead tree inspired his first children’s book, The Tree in the Courtyard. Jeff is guest blogging… Jeff Gottesfeld June 16, 2016
Essay How a Dead Tree at 263 Prinsengracht Sparked a Movement — and a Children’s Book Following Anne Frank’s birthday over the weekend, The Tree in the Courtyard author Jeff Gottesfeld is guest blogging for Jewish Book Council all week as part of the… Jeff Gottesfeld June 14, 2016
